Posted by Eugene Volokh:
A Bit More on HIV and Insemination:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2005_05_15-2005_05_21.shtml#1116311325
A reader points me to [1]this article,which reports:
Currently, 15 women are known to have been infected with HIV via
artificial insemination using sperm from anonymous donors . . .
[including] six in the United States. All but one of these cases of
insemination-related infection occurred before the availability of
HIV antibody testing.
The article (which is the first item shown by a google search for "hiv
insemination") also reported that "approximately 75,000 women are
artificially inseminated annually in the United States." If this is so
-- and of course we'd want to know whether others disagree with these
statistics -- then perhaps HIV screening is enough, and there is no
need to disqualify homosexual donors. It's certainly possible; in
fact, it would be excellent.
But again, the Washington Post article said nothing about this. This
is interesting, useful information that actually helps readers think
through the matter, especially if coupled with some sense of what
other scientists think about this. But instead of getting this, the
Post readers got something that looks more like a press release.
References
1. http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=kb-07&doc=kb-07-02-09
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